The words “Rowan County, North Carolina,” evoke many memories for Danny Chase, the hero of John Hart’s second literary thriller, Down River.Many of them are pleasant–for instance, the time he spent with childhood friend Danny Faith.But even the happy memories are colored by the events that drove him from Rowan five years before the events [...]
I have struggled with the idea of whether to review this book or not because this book is a memoir about someone’s actual life.But I have been mulling this book over for a few weeks since I read it, and frankly,I am mystified as to how it has garnered so many 5 star reviews.
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I bought this book because I thought it might be relevant to “gold collar workers”, those who manufacture and sell knowledge that is quite “invisible” or intangible.What a great book this is!Every person that relys on their brain for a living, whether as an employee or consultant or teacher, can double their *perceived* value by [...]
I’ve read all of James Patterson’s other Maximum Rides books and I loved them, they are clearly meant for teenagers without the effort you see other acclaimed writers make to make something appeal to children. Throughout those other novels, I had never really noticed that it had subtle thingshe thought would appeal to children, the [...]
This book takes you from knowing nothing to truly UNDERSTANDING not just how to preserve foods, but how each method works and the pros/cons of each method.Most of the information is on canning and freezing (including different packaging and wrapping techniques), but they also go into salting, smoking, drying, and root cellaring.They don’t expect you [...]
